The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, October 31, 1912, Page 2

ee TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION. To show the injustice and irregu- larity of assessment under township organization, we give you a few fig- ures for comparison taken from three sections where three townships cor- ner, the land being practically the same. Section 6, Pleasant Gap township— Sculley land—assessed at $13 per acre. Section 33, Summit township—@pul- ley land—assessed at $15 per acre. Section 1, Lone Oak township—J. E. Bartlet—assesssed at $20 per acre. What do you think of that? Three “township assessors all well posted on land values, assessing three farms, all adjoining, but being in three dif- ferent townships. The land is prac- tically the same. It could not be dif- ferent. It is ordinary prairie land of the same body. It simply demon- strated the fact that three men can not make as even and just assess- ment as one man covering the entire territory. Do you suppose that any one man in Bates county would go and look at those farms and assess one at $13 per acre and the one across the road at $20 per acre? There is no justice in it and the board of equalization can not possibly correct all of these ir- regularities perfectly. If it is neces- sary for them to do the assessing all over again why go to the expense of maintaining twenty-four assessors with twenty-four different ideas about assessing? Why not let the board of equalization make the as- sessment in the first place and save the expense of having to do it twice? The worst feature of it is that one man is compelled to pay more taxes than his neighbor across the road; who happens to be in another town- ship. We would like to call your atten- tion to the old joke of the haymaker’s ford bridge. Here, ‘by petition and other influence brought to bear a few years ago, the county court put ina bridge across the Marias des Cygnes river at an expense of about $7000 to the county, and the township board has never put the road leading to the bridge in condition that the traveling public can utilize the bridge. Just think of it. $7000 spent for a bridge that you can not get to. Does that speak well for township organization? Is there any permanent improve- ment being made to the public roads of Bates county? No. Then why are we moping along in this blinded condition, struggling to pay our tax- es and getting no permanent good from them? Are we to go on for the next gen- eration groping our way in the dark- ness, while other counties and states are up and doing for themselves? They have thrown off the yoke and are flourishing. Do you not think it is time for an awakening in Bates county? If County Organization does not benefit and relieve us of our burden of debt and improve our public condi- tions we will discover it in a few years and the people will have an op- portunity to adopt township organi- zation again. No county, however, that has ever abolished it after a thorough trial, has ever seen fit to adopt it again. These are only a few of the many instances in which the people are losing by the present system of local government. By a careful study of the records in the court house you will be able to discover worlds of evidences that should convince any fair-minded man of the folly of the system. Voters, wake up to your responsi- bilities and let us put Bates county in the front rank of progressive coun- ties of grand old Missouri. Then we can share in the rewards offered by the state, as aid in permanent road building, as well as offer an induce- ment to people that have been use to good public improvements to settle in our midst. Do you know that Missouri stands third of all the states in the Union in permanent road building at the pres- ent time-and offers to pay half of all permanent roads built in the state. But this does not apply to counties under township organization, as the supreme court has decided that where townships are organized as munici- palities that no further organization of road districts are permissible, as the people already have all the ex- pense they can carry. As a result practically all the progress, that makes Missouri third, is being done in counties under county organization. The reason that we stand third in ing them, hence it is not necessary for them to build more, thus giving us a place in the front rank, who have overlooked the advantages of them for all these years. Now let us get together and do something for Bates county of a permanent nature, and in a short time we will be able to re- duce the tax levy—will be out of dustrious and thrifty people and not as moss backs. Yours for lower taxer and better improvements. Butler Commercial Club. Must Burn or -Bury Dead Hogs Hog Cholera is again prevalent over practically the entire state of Missouri and we cannot help but feel that this is due largely to care- lessness in the disposition of car- casses of hogs dying from cholera. Unless we adopt radical measures and see that the statutes covering the disposition of the carcasses of hogs dying from contagious diseases, are enforced, the tremendous __ losses, that we have had for the last two years will continue indefinitely. We also feel the inability of this department to protect the livestock interests of Missouri, without the hearty co-operation of the stock raisers. It is of daily occurence for this office to be notified of parties, who, through carelessness or ig- norance have violated the law gov- erning the disposition of the car- cases. For this reason we desire to call the attention of the public to the fol- lowing sections from the Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1909: Section 4866 provides that ‘‘it shall be unlawful for any person or per- sons to engage in the hauling of car- ses of swine, sheep, cattle and horses that may die of any contagi- ous or infectious disease, or to sell, buy or give the same away.’’ This be rigidly enforced. Section 4867 provides that the car- casses of animals that have died of contagious or infectious disease shall not be removed from the premises upon which they have died. Section 4869 provides that ‘the owners of swine that die of any dis- ease shall dispose of the carcasses within 24 hours after they die, by completely burying thé same at least two feet deep or burning’ the same upon the premises where thyy have died,’ and provides further, “that it shall be the duty of the owner of swine that have died ef any fatal dis- ease to notify all persons owning or keeping swine upon any adjoining premises of the existence of such disease, as soon as the fact is known. Upon the failure of any person to comply with the law as provided in sections 4866 to 4869 inclusive, it shall be the duty of anyone having knowledge of the same to report the facts to the constable, who shall pro- ceed forthwith, to enforce the law as provided in sections 4866 to 4869 inclusive, bv causing the carcasses to be disposed of by burying or burn- ing the same at the expense of the owner. Provided, It shall be un- lawful to bury said carcasses in or immediately adjacent to any water- course, ravine or slough leading through or onto other premises.” Upon the failure of the owner of such stock to make such disposition as provided by the statutes, it is made mandatory upon the constable to proceed to bury or burn the car- casses of such stock and upon the failure or refusal to perform this it roads and are enjoy- | 47-tf duty, the said officer is liable upon his bond and subject to removal from office. It is further within the pro- vince of Grand Juries to prefer charges against the owners of dead stock, who have failed to comply Gardner and wife of Butler were on with the law. The burying of hogs that have died of cholera is a dangerous practice} home aftera weeks visit with his and should be discouraged. Viru-| brother Will in Arkansas. lent outbreaks of Hog Cholera have]. developed from carcasses that had | visiting with Mr. Linendolls. there-|" Sid Zeiler and wife went to Passaic | farmers’ been buried for several years; fore the man that buries cholera hogs on his farm is in constant dan- ger of hog cholera. Burning is greatly preferred. Trusting that we may have your hearty co-operation in the eradica- S. SHELDON, State Veterinarian. Issued by authority of the State Board of Agriculture. command. For Sale. Two registered Poland-China hogs. shaw stock. Call.on or address debt—and rank as progressive, in-| is indeed a wise section and should | DISASTROUS FIRE AT ELDORADO N. H. Cruce Burned to Death. Five Business Houses Destroyed. Eldrrado San One of the most disastrous fires in the history of ElDorado occurred Friday morning at 3:30 at which time the New Cruce Block, and four other business houses all in one of the principal blocks of the city, were consumed in the terrible holocaust. The fire, the origin of which cannot be accounted for, was first discover- ed at about 3:40 a. m. in the north room of the New Cruce block, for- merly occupied by the Lyric theater, and had it not been that the nozzles on the hose had been hidden by some miscreant, it is believed that the flames dould have been quenched; | but when the nozzles were found) some twenty minutes later, the fire | had made such progress that it was| found impossible to stop it; and had it not been for the heroic efforts of | the fire boys, the whole block on the| east side of North Main street would undoubtedly been destroyed. In the burnt zone, the building occupied by | the Bank of El Dorado, was the only | one that offered any resistance to the i raging and devouring flames. This | building had been built with an en-| deavor to make it fire proof and the| only damage it sustained was in the rear rooms upstairs. | The most pathetic feature of the i terrible disaster was the burning of | Richard Cruce, a brother of: N. H.| Cruce an old and well known resi-| dent of this place. He was a cripple and last evening his condition from a temporary illness was such that he had to be carried to his room which was in the extreme rear of the New Cruce block, upstairs. Whether he was aware of the fire and made an effort to escape will never be known. Frantic efforts were made to effect his recue, but the heat was so intense that nothing could be done. The body of the unfortunate man, burned and charred into an unrecognizable mass with limbs gone, was extricated from the ruins yabout eight o’clock Saturday morning. North New Home. Mrs. Jess McCormal returned home from an extended -visit in Ralls County. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Maloney visited PHONE 18. DO. YOU KNOW What a. Leverage | ON THE MANUFACTURERS When we go to them and tell them that we are buying for Twenty Big - . Retail Lumber Yards, and tha: we buy from twenty to thirty cars of | e merchandise every working day in the year. If you don’t realize what big saving in prices and local freight we can save you by buying in this large quantity and by having one low expense in distributing our Lumber:—Doors, Woods, Roofing, Cement, Gravel, Sand, Plaster, Paint, Etc., just give us a chance to show you the first time you are in Butler. We guarantee every article we sell to give satisfaction. are not satisfied with any article you buy of us, after you have pur- chased it and taken it home, just return it and we will refund your- money or exchange it for something that will suit you. Don’t delay your Building and Repairing Winter’s Coming Logan-Moore Lumber Company BUTLER, MO. le Have If you Elkhart. Mrs. Tom Rayborn returned last week from Moundville where she has been visiting friends. Mrs. Mattie Clemants and children returned last week from Grandview where she had been visiting her fath- er and mother, Ed Corlett of Charlotte township called at the writer’s home and took dinner with him. The Deacon has pulled his machine in. He said he thrashed everything that came in his way. The dance at Elkhart was pulled off one day last week. They report a good time. Ed Bailey was in the county seat last week. He has been on the sick list for some time, but is nearly well. The writer made cider last week. If you want a good drink call around before its all gone. * It is reported that Charley Spill- man and John Barton and their fam- ilies left this week for Booneville, Ark., to make that their future home. We wish them the best of luck. Charley Kershner and wife and with Merit Picketts family the first! John Stephens and wife were pleas-| of last week. J. W. Jones is building a barn for! J. S. Pierce. Mr. Linendoll finished painting his barn and house and built a concrete porch, Mrs. Bud Berry went to Amster- dam the first of last week to visit her Uncle. Albert Linendoll has a new buggy so girls look out for Albert. Jess Winston is working for John Ehart. Henry Ehart, Cliff Ehart and wife Mrs. J. W. Jones and little son were Rich Hill visitors laat week. J. L. Strein and family, Wm. Sproul and family, Miss Maud Martin and Everett Bowles visited at Bob Sprouls Sunday. Mrs. Ike Kelley is on the sick list. Cliff Ehart and wife visited at Henry Ehart Sunday. Those who visited at Mr. Linendolls Sunday were Perry Osborne and family, W. S. Chandler and wife and little granddaughter. Miss Maggie Vance visited with Ruby Berry Sunday. Merit Pickett and father is building hog fence. Mell Campbell and wife, Chas. the river Sunday after hickory nuts. David Smitherman has returned Mr. and Mrs. Orr of Rich Hill are visiting Saturday. Thomp Dark says he believes he will sell his horses and buy an auto then he can go to town alright as auto won’t get scared at the teams. tion of contagious diseases from Mis- hog ap missed the mail last souri, this office is always at your | ¥ee* W" mail. COR. At the Baptist Church. Bible School at 9:30 a. m. The pastor’s morning subject will be, “Leaven in the Loaf.” The B. Y. P. U. topic is “If God Be For Us.” Evening sermon, ‘The Blood Aton- ment.’’ 9 months old, boar and gilt, of Har-| The Wednesday night Bible has reached the eighth chapter - W..H. HUPP, |Romans. You are welcome to ;ant callers at the home of the writer one day last week. We had cider and apples to a finish. Mrs. Joe Clapp and daughter were trading in Elkhart last Saturday and | taking in the sights of the town. I. L. Lockridge and wife and the! writer and his wife spent last Sun- day at the home of Judge Paddock. We had a grand time and to top it off Mrs. Paddock had one those grand dinners that would suit almost any-| one. Mrs. Ed Bailey was trading in Elk- | hart last Saturday. F. F, Thurman left last week for his new home in Arkansas. We wish them the best of luck. W. H. Keeton is just recovering from a bad spell of sore throat. The John Barton sale was pulled off one day last week and everything sold for a good price. We are needing a good rain. Water | is scarce in places and a good many are hauling water. Mrs. I. L. Lockridge visited at her | mother’s down below Rich Hill last week. Her mother is quite an old lady. JOHNNY. President Taft, the head of the Republican party, has knocked sides and bottom out of the Republican press argument that the high tariff has brought prosperity to the farm- ers. Taft has just issued a statement that the high cost of living will be materially reduced by the bumper crops. bumper crop will reduce prices of all food products. If big crops will reduce the price, poor crops will and did raise the price of food stuff and the high tariff had nothing to do with ‘it. On the other hand, Mr. Farmer, how about the manufactured necessities you are go- ing to’ buy? The high tariff will keep those prices up to where they have been. The bumper crop will reduce the price of yonr products, but the high tariff will not reduce the price of your clothing, shoes and the implements you buy. There is no high tariff to keep up the price of your corn, wheat, flax and other The Republican party's high tariff prosperity. will not look _ to the farmer now. That statement says the| | If you don’t get our prices on LUMBER AND Building Material’ You do not get the Low- est Price DON’T BUY A BILL without seeing the QUALITY OF OUR LUM- BER! High vs. TT Low Cost The figuring of your Lumber Bill cuts a big figure in the cost of your house, your barn and your sheds. We Aim to Figure Low and always hit the “bull’s eye!” Our Score is High on Figuring Low H.C. WYATT & SON Established 1876 { i | | —Nevada TOO BUSY | We are too busy check- ing out and our severa preparing 1 wagon loads of CHRISTMAS GOODS to w Be sure and see this rite “ads” elegant line, which will be on display in a few days. . REMEMBER “The birds men love dee young.”’ And the best goods go first. Get yours early. United Drug East Side Square BUTLER, Company MO. Telephone 15 CAPITAL and SURPL examine and perfect titles to same. DUVALL-PERCIVAL TRUST €0: US, $100,000 FARMERS BANK BUILDING, BUTLER, MO. Farm Loans W¢ have money to loan on real estate at a low rate : ras of interest with privilege to pay at any time. | | We have a complete set of Abstract Books and will fur- es Abstracts ris. Steiracte sone real oan’ Boake and wil fur Ss ee Ss